Capt Crunch and the Bunch Crimine Beat

(Born 3 years ago, Capt Crunch & the Bunch are finally back here to present their debut album!
Recorded fully analogue at Orfanotrofio Studio in Lorenzana (Pisa) – Italy. They got exactly the sound who were looking for, mixing the musical tastes of all the musicians involved. So they decide to share the vinyl in an Italian side (sung in their native language) and an English side. Inspired, funny and sarcastic their songwriting.

Their heart is still beat for Dr. Feelgood, and we can see that from the artwork too, but English freakbeat, soul and R&B are part of the cocktail!)Born 3 years ago, Capt Crunch & the Bunch are finally back here to present their debut album!
Recorded fully analogue at Orfanotrofio Studio in Lorenzana (Pisa) – Italy. They got exactly the sound who were looking for, mixing the musical tastes of all the musicians involved. So they decide to share the vinyl in an Italian side (sung in their native language) and an English side. Inspired, funny and sarcastic their songwriting.
Their heart is still beat for Dr. Feelgood, and we can see that from the artwork too, but English freakbeat, soul and R&B are part of the cocktail!
Capt Crunch and the Bunch is still made from:
Andrea ‘Vipera’ Salani (legendary drummer for CCM, I Refuse It, Fase Quattro), Frank Crunch (former vocalist for Fase Quattro and La Cattiva Esperienza), Emiliano "Er Biacco" Marianelli (lead guitar, ex-Toni Crimine and still The Bugz), bassist Francesco Falorni (still The Bugz and Reverberati) and finally Frankie Bo (rhythm guitar)

TRACK LIST:
Side A
1) Chi ti credi di essere 3′ 55"
2) Tu non puoi 2′ 40"
3) Sputare sul format 3′ 04"
4) Beata te 3′ 40"
5) Dormire sulle spine 4′ 13"

6) Nel vento 3′ 58"

Side B
1) I can’t get away 2′ 33"
2) End of joy 2′ 12"
3) Revelations 1′ 59"
4) Don’t build your dreams too high 2′ 29"
5) Bride of satan 3′ 45"
6) Pitch black 3′ 39"

Total timing: 38′ 07"
REVIEWS

THEE PSYCHEDELICATESSEN 30/04/2017

New from Area Pirata Records, the home of Italian Garage Rock, comes the long awaited debut album from Rock ‘n’ Roll reprobates Capt Crunch & the Bunch. Crimine Beat is a proper, good old fashioned Garage Rock album that melds together mid 60s Freakbeat with a dash of Soul and smokin’ R&B evoking the Stonesy raunch of the Flamin’ Groovies and the sweat and snarl of classic, Down By The Jetty era Dr. Feelgood. Everything is in place………….a tight as you like swingin’ bottom end driven by choppy rhythm guitar, slashing lead lines and some wailing mouth harp from the good Captain, singer Frank Crunch……it’s a linage that goes way back to the Yardbirds and the Stones tearing it up at the Marquee in the early 60s and recorded with a fully analogue sound, Crimine Beat does not fuck with the past but embraces the warm, fuzzy sound of classic Garage Rock……

Split into two distinctive sides (side 1 sung in Italian, side 2 in English) the album is an amalgamation of the band members tastes and influences that mix together in a potent sonic stew. Short but very sweet, Crimine Beat is a 38 minute, full on head rush of some of the most sweaty, raw and raucous 60s inspired Garage Rock you are going hear this year. With a bunch of great tunes on both sides of the record with the stand out tracks having to be the Bluesy squall of ‘Sputare Sul Format’ and the Motown inspired R&B stomp of ‘Dormire Sulle Spine’ from the Italian side with the supercharged Maximum Rhythm and Blues of ‘Revelations’ and Dr. Feelgood-esque ‘Don’t Build Your Dreams Too High’ (which is loosely built on Wilko Johnson’s urgent riff from ‘Keep It Out Of Sight’) along with the Psychedelic swirl of ‘Bride Of Satan’ from the English side. Adhering to the philosophy of "if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" Capt Crunch & The Bunch have taken a load of familiar influences and crafted a superb album that is way more than the sum of it’s parts. Check it out People and PLAY LOUD.